CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: NV4B
Operator(s): NV4B
Station: NV4B
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: AL
Operating Time (hrs): 30:57
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80: 40 14 22
40: 60 16 37
20: 136 20 65
15: 164 22 67
10: 412 26 90
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Total: 812 98 281 Total Score = 855,403
Club: Alabama Contest Group
Comments:
Just... wow. Thanks to the great 10m conditions, this is, in every aspect, my
personal best contest effort in 13+ years of contesting, and is about 750k
better than my previous best in CQWW phone. It won't win any awards, but I
don't care; it was great fun. I couldn't drag myself away from 10 even when I
knew I was missing out on 15m and possibly 20m mults. Nevertheless, my final
mult counts fell almost perfectly in line with my goals, with the exception of
10 meters of course, which greatly exceeded all expectations. I was 100% S&P
despite the fact that I probably could have run on 10m even with my 100W and
vertical.
Propagation was the great equalizer on 10m: I felt like a big gun, working
everything I heard, including lots of fellow "little pistol" stations I'd never
worked before. I did find 40 and 80 to be unspectacular, probably in part to a
lack of participation on those bands with the high bands in such good shape. I
had a secondary goal of working new countries on 80, and I did manage two
relatively-easy ones. Hopefully I'll pick up a few more on the CW weekend next
month. That contest was very profitable on the low bands last year. Overall, I
didn't work many new countries, band-countries, or even rare ones for that
matter. Like NK7U and perhaps others, I also noticed the absence of some
common Zone 7 and 8 mults this year.
I'm sure quite a few records -- ranging from Personal to World -- were set in
this contest. Congratulations to all, and I hope to see everyone next month!
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